Insular vole
Species of rodent
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Microtus |
Subgenus: | Pitymys |
Species: | M. abbreviatus |
Binomial name | |
Microtus abbreviatus Miller, 1899 | |
The insular vole or St. Matthew Island vole (Microtus abbreviatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It occurs only on St. Matthew Island and the adjacent Hall Island, in Alaska.[1] On these Bering Sea islands, insular voles live in damp lowland areas, on the lower slopes of mountains, and on rye grass-covered beaches. They are diurnal and eat plant matter. Birds and Arctic foxes (which are the only other mammals on the island) prey on the voles.[2]
References
- ^ a b Cassola, F. (2016). "Microtus abbreviatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13425A22350031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13425A22350031.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "North American Mammals: Insular Vole". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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Extant species of subfamily Arvicolinae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Cricetidae
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Alexandromys |
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Chionomys (Snow voles) |
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Hyperacrius (Voles from Pakistan) |
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Lasiopodomys |
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Lemmiscus |
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Microtus (Voles) |
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Neodon (Mountain voles) |
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Proedromys |
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Stenocranius |
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Volemys |
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(Collared lemmings)
Dicrostonyx |
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(mole voles)
Ellobius (Mole voles) |
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Eolagurus |
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Lagurus |
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(Lemmings)
Lemmus (True lemmings) |
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Myopus |
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Synaptomys (Bog lemmings) |
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Alticola (Voles from Central Asia) |
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Caryomys |
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Eothenomys (Voles from East Asia) |
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Clethrionomys (some Red-backed voles) |
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Craseomys (other Red-backed voles) |
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Neofiber |
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Ondatra |
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Dinaromys |
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Arborimus (Tree voles) |
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Phenacomys (Heather voles) |
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Prometheomys |
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